Tending the Temple Daily

  A few months back I wrote about stress and changes. Well, here we are at the precipice of the situation.  There is a right path and a left path, either way, I must jump. I cannot continue along the path on which I currently walk. That road ends Tuesday.   I have fasted and prayed. I have lost sleep and been distracted.  I cannot focus, my thoughts always drift back to the decision before me. I am looking forward to Tuesday solely because I want the stress to stop. And the only answer I get from my prayers is this: There isn't necessarily a right or wrong choice here. The important part is to walk in righteousness whichever path I take. Both trails are short, both have trials, and both are lined with the potential for blessing.  Often in life we find ourselves in situations, dealing with circumstances not of our choosing. And we go forward,  navigating the best we can with Yahusha, The Word, as or guiding light.  Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp...

   The level of respect you give others is a direct reflection of your heart. Luke 6:31, Philippines 2:3, Romans 12:10, 1Peter 3:8, Mark 12:31 I use this blog as a method to work out my thoughts and understandings. I began this one thinking the topic was "them", as I progressed through the scriptures I realized I was the subject. Yah humbled me with each and every verse. I deleted much of what I had written, and started over.  I am often told that you teach people how to treat you.  Yes, to an extent I agree, however, how people treat you is something that comes from within them. They treat you in the manner that demonstrates how much they value you and your relationship, it's what they believe you deserve. Whether it's a two second interaction like in traffic, or a more personal relationship like family, friends, or work relationships, they can only give to you from the reserve of what fills them. A person with kindness, humility,  and generosity will display t...

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ I remember the first time I really read these verses. Terror struck my heart. Clearly Yahusha is referencing people who claim to be His followers here. Who else would call Him Lord? Who else would  cast out demons in Yahusha’s name? Who else would do wonders in His name? Athiests don't, Pagans don't, Muslims don't, those who practice Judiasm don't.  Who else could it be? He is speaking of "Christians" here, Christians who do not do the will of His Father. Once I understood that concept, my next step was to find out what exactly is the will of our Heavenly Father. I must d...

  There has been an underground assembly of believers in Yahusha somewhere since right after He resurrected. In the west, during my lifetime, we have  heard about the underground church in China and N. Korea. But with the current anti faith sentiment around the world, we are likely to see underground believers in every region over the earth.  Right now Christian faith leaders are reporting a surge in the number of believers.  From nearly every denomination,  and in many different countries, people are coming to faith in Yahusha/Jesus. This is encouraging indeed. At the same time, persecution and martyrdom against those who have faith in Yahusha/Jesus has also surged.  In 2024, ten anti-abortion activists were sentenced to Federal prison for praying in front of a Washington DC abortion clinic Also in 2024, Adam Smith Connor, a British Army vet was convicted of praying near an abortion clinic. 2023-2025 Isbel Vaughan Spruce was arrested twice for silent praye...

 Oh how I grieve over the teaching of a lawless Messiah.  Every Sunday, from a multitude of pulpits, a lawless faith and a lawless Savior are proclaimed.  Dear Seeker, this is a huge deception. Yahusha/Jesus lived out the law/Torah fully, completely, unto death. In His obedience He eliminated the death penalty of the law for all who place their faith in Him, covering those in grace, and He was given resurrection power. Death is eternal separation from Yah. Yahusha/Jesus redeemed us from suffering that separation.  He never taught His followers to disregard the law/Torah. He desires obedience.   Matthew 5:17-30, John 14:15 Yahusha/Jesus taught a deeper level of the law/Torah, filling it full, giving a fuller understanding of the law, not discarding it.   Yahusha/Jesus is the Word of Yah, came from Yah, existed from the beginning, and was intimately engaged in the creation of all things. The Word of Yah and the Torah of Yah are one. The same. Yahush...

 Over the past 25+ years of pursuing Torah obedience in my faith walk with Yahusha, I have seen others come into the walk.  One thing many of us do, upon learning the traditions we have observed in the past were in error, is to fall into a whole other group of traditions.  Sometimes it takes a while to realize that the second set of traditions we have embraced are just as erroneous as the first.  I see it as a road with ditches on either side. The road is the true path, and the ditches are Christian traditions on one side and Jewish traditions on the other. The goal is to stay on the road, not veering to the left or the right.   This time of year lots of churches invite Messianic Jews to share a Passover seder meal with their congregants. This is intended to be educational.  But if you were to go to Exodus 12 and read the actual instructions for the Passover meal, you'd see it's a simple meal consisting of lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, shoes on...